Breaking News! If you have a NegAm loan with a Prepay - they'll waive it. (does that mean only if they do the refi?) I'll update more info as we get it! (I used Seesmic to get the word out to those on Twitter almost instantly, in my haste I missed the "A" in WachoviA) LOL From Calculated Risk ...

06/30/2008

The last day of Countrywide

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The Last Day of Countrywide Today, June 30th, is the last day Countrywide will exist as itself. Tomorrow it'll be Bank of America. Did you know Countrywide started in 1969? No, I wasn't lending back then, I was 10 years old. Yes, Countrywide has received it share of bad press recently. Deser...

06/30/2008

ActiveRain announces "Outside Blogs"

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How cool is that? Cool as the other side of the pillow! Good Job ActiveRain Buddies! If you are wondering how or why this is a good or bad thing - drop either a comment or better yet a video comment and let's discuss this. I see this as a huge bonus! Oh yeah, MY outside blog is at MikeMueller...

06/25/2008

Will the Fed's Bump Interest Rates?

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I just posed this question the video community and we'll see what they think. The decision will posted at 11:15 Pacific time today. What do you think? Feel free to post your own video comment reply and get in on the conversation. Get a or Follow me on Twitter Up to the minute Mortgage R...

06/25/2008

Smoke gets in your eyes...

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If you are anywhere in Northern California it might be. Do we really have over 1,000 individual fires going right now? You've seen Google Maps. Did you happen to notice the little feature called "My Maps"? With My Maps you can create and annotate pretty much anything on a Google Map and then...

06/25/2008

Video is a waste of time

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Go ahead and say it, "Do you really expect to create connections with video?" Oh, I don't know... Let's say I was working the other day on a loan. Let's say I had Twhirl quietly running in my system tray. I happened to notice a tweet pop up from Trulia saying they were going to announce the winne...

06/24/2008

Embedded Video Commenting Explained

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This started as a comment reply to Lisa Hill and I realized would be better as a complete post.3 very different terms to be explained here. Embedded Video (in red) Video Commenting (in green) Embedded Video Commenting (in blue) Let's start with Embedded Video. Sometimes we accent our posts by a...

06/24/2008

Embed This Video

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Embed This Video I prefer you did, but it doesn't matter if you do or you don't. The conversation will still happen. As I was walking into a BBQ the other day, the thought "I wonder what we'll be talking about" zipped across my mind. They all know I'm in the mortgage biz, we have an active fore...

06/23/2008

The Mystery Plays

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I know this article is a departure from the typical Mortgage and Real Estate, but like all mysteries it has a twist at the end (a Real Estate Twist!). Friday night, my wife and I had the pleasure of attending a small community theater performance. The Mystery Plays The play was at the downtown Wa...

06/23/2008

Twitter Week in Review

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The Twitter Week in Review "I was honored when Mike Mueller asked me to write the Twitter Week in Review." Oh yeah, that's me. Never mind. Hey, that's how all the other Week in Reviews start. I thought I'd offer up some of my favorite highlights and "low lights" of the past week. Make of thi...

06/20/2008